Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

At this time, when the Xixia people in Zhuoluo City found a large number of Song troops coming, they first shook the city, and then began to prepare for the defense.

Li Yanxian ordered to encircle three empty areas and one.

The Xixia people first went out of the city to fight the Song army, but were shot back by the Song army's crossbow arrows, causing more than 300 casualties.

This made the Xixia people in Zhuoluo City dare not act rashly.

On the night of the eighth day of March, all the ten thousand Xixia people in Zhuoluo City left the city and fled to the north while taking advantage of the darkness.

Liu He hurried over: "Li Zhizhou, the Xixia people have left the city from the north."

"How did you find out?"

"The scouts heard movement near Beicheng."

"How many people can be sure?"

"unconfirmed."

Li Yanxian pondered.

Liu He said: "Do you want to attack by force?"

"No, Xixia people dare to go out of the city, they must be prepared. If they attack in the dark and don't know the enemy's real situation, they may be ambushed."

"That……"

"Send someone to send a message to the northern crossing, hide it better, don't be discovered, and be ready to intercept and kill at any time!"

"Yes, I'll send someone there now!"

Li Yanxian got up, picked up the knife and walked out.

He ordered everyone to start massing.

Get ready for the chase!

If Xixia people dared to go to Xihe Road to kill people, Li Yanxian dared to go to Xixia territory to kill people.

Chapter 373 Entering Xixia Territory (Second Change)

After Liu He made arrangements, he came back to report.

"Li Zhizhou, we have been notified, and we will confirm it in time."

"Ah."

Looking at the soldiers gathering around him, Liu He asked, "Are we going to pursue it?"

"No, occupy Zhuoluo City first."

Liu He immediately said: "The general is willing to lead people in to find out."

"Don't join in the fun, let He Yu go."

"It will eventually work!"

"Leave a little chance to others."

Liu He immediately understood and said, "Yes!"

Not long after, He Yu came: "Li Zhizhou."

"The Xixia people have escaped from the city, and we are making four preparations." Li Yanxian simply drew a picture on the ground, "Old He, you lead 3000 people into the city, check it out, minimize casualties, and surrender if you can."

"Yes!" He Yu did not refuse. Li Yanxian brought people to support Lanzhou. He had the highest reputation at this time, so he obeyed the arrangement.

"Liu He, you lead 3000 people to pursue from this direction. After you catch up, you can surrender and surrender. Those who are unwilling to surrender will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!" Liu He said.

"I will lead 3000 people to go in this direction. There are still 1000 ambush soldiers here, but the western thieves may not go this way. If we don't pursue them, we will join forces here."

Liu He continued to ask: "If there is no pursuit, will you join forces here and withdraw?"

"No, let the children bring two months' dry food!"

"Two months?"

"Go!"

"Yes!"

"Isn't the population of Xixia small? Let's say that Zhuo La and the Southern Army Division have a total of 3 people." Li Yanxian said, "If they are all wiped out in one fell swoop, it will greatly consume the Western thieves!"

He Yuxi said: "Wouldn't it be possible to build a city here afterwards?"

Li Yanxian said: "No, more than 100 miles to the northwest of this place is the leader of Xixia Luopang Army Division, three hundred miles to Liangzhou, there is Xixia Right Chamber Chaoshun Army Division, and more than 100 miles to the east of this place is Xishou Baotai Army Division. If the thieves are suppressed by reinforcements, Lanzhou is across the river from this place, so they cannot provide quick reinforcements, and they cannot be kept on guard. Instead, they will consume our troops, which is not the best policy."

He Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and felt that Li Yanxian's analysis could not be refuted by him.

Li Yanxian said: "The amount of fertile land here is limited, and there are not many people who can support it. Destroying the city and fertile land will greatly consume the western thieves."

When the war enters this stage, it basically starts to consume resources.

Defeating the opponent, plundering or destroying the opponent's resources is tantamount to depleting the opponent's national power.

For example, Xixia will definitely have to station troops here in the future, otherwise the Song army can go north from here at any time, leaving more time for strategic deployment.

If this place is destroyed, the cost of relocating troops in Xixia will greatly increase, and it will inevitably be cut from the budget of other military divisions.

This is Li Yanxian's view on the situation.

He Yu said: "If this western thief escapes to the Gobi Desert, it will be troublesome!"

Li Yanxian said categorically: "If you escape to the Gobi, you will also catch up and kill him!"

Next, everyone began to split up.

Li Yanxian and Liu Hebing pursued in two directions.

At dawn the next day, He Yu led 3000 troops into the city to conduct a comprehensive search of Zhuoluo City.

A total of more than 300 people were searched, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled.

In order to withdraw as soon as possible, the Xixia people gave up most of the food, grass and armaments in the city.

However, the Xixia people's armament itself is very simple, and the Song army has nothing to look at, but the food is very useful.

Right now, there is not enough food in Lanzhou, so we will fill it up with food from the Xixia people for a while.

On the evening of the ninth day of March, Li Yanxian and Liu He chased each other to fifty miles north of Zhuoluo City.

This place is already a land of mountains and mountains, Li Yanxian sent Shen You to ambush 1000 people here in advance.

Shen You came to see Li Yanxian, he said: "Li Zhizhou, in the afternoon, a group of western thieves escaped from here, and the general sent people to chase them several miles ahead, captured more than [-] people, the main force of the western thieves has already escaped."

"How many western thieves fled north from here?"

"There are about 5000 people."

"It seems that the western thieves are retreating separately."

"What should we do now?"

At this time Liu He had also caught up, and the three groups joined forces here.

Li Yanxian said: "Keep chasing, the western thieves are also exhausted, so they won't be able to escape far!"

In this way, Li Yanxian's tribe went all the way north, piercing into the territory of Xixia like a sharp sword.

However, due to the remote location of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Division, the Song army arrived so quickly that the Xixia people were caught off guard, so that the news could not reach Xingqing Mansion quickly, and Li Qianshun was still ignorant of the situation.

What's more terrible is that Liu Qi's East Army started from the sixth day, secretly went northward along the Wuding River, and began to attack Mizhi Village.

At this time, Liu Qi was only [-] miles away from Mizhi Village.

He stopped marching.

Lieutenant General Han Zhi said: "Shuai Liu, the terrain here is open and there are hills to the east, so it is not suitable for camping."

Liu Kai looked at the map intently, and said, "I know."

"Then why stop?"

Liu Kai didn't explain, but just said: "Go and pick out a group of Dangxiang Fan soldiers who can speak Xixia."

"What is Liu Shuai going to do?"

Liu Kai said: "There must be beacon smoke in Mizhi Village. If we want to catch Yinzhou by surprise, we must not let Mizhi Village emit beacon smoke."

Han Zhi scratched his head and said, "So Liu Shuai intends to let the Fan soldiers attack Mizhi Village?"

Liu Kai explained his plan, and after listening to it, Han Zhi was taken aback. Isn't this the strategy Zhe Keshi used to fight Xixia back then?

Back then, Zhe Keshi sent people to find out the names of the Xixia beacon soldiers, and took a group of people pretending to be officers to go out. When they arrived at the Xixia people's beacon ground, they tricked them out, and then carried out a lightning assault on the surrounding castles.

Later, the mother of the Xixia Kingdom led nearly 10 people to encircle and suppress 8000 Zhekeshi people, and was ambushed by Zhekeshi again, beating 10 people without armor.

Han Zhi hurried to find someone.

At dinner time, five hundred Tibetan soldiers were recruited, all of whom were party members.

They have lived in Shaanxi and Song people for a long time, but they still maintain many characteristics of their own tribe, and they can speak both Dangxiang language and Chinese.

Absorption and equal treatment are also the national policies of the Song Dynasty.

This night, Liu Kai made arrangements.

First send someone to find out the name of the chief of the Xixia garrison in Mizhi Village.

It is not difficult to inquire about the name, especially if you send a party member to inquire about it, so as to reduce the defense of the other party.

A day later, those who were sent out returned.

The guard of Mizhizhai is a small party officer named Rigude.

On March [-]th, before dawn, Liu Qi personally led five hundred Fan soldiers to Mizhi Village. He also changed his clothes and got mixed up in the team.

In the morning, when they arrived at Mizhi Village, the Xixia people immediately discovered their whereabouts.

Yu Ling, the commander of the Fan soldiers under Liu Kai, is an out-and-out party member. He grew up on the border between Song and Xia, and speaks fluent party language.

He shouted at the people above: "We are sent by Yinzhou to inspect, let Rigu get out!"

When the people above heard that they were sent by Yinzhou, they didn't dare to neglect.

Chapter 374 The crisis of the Xixia people has arrived (third update)

Rigude heard that Yinzhou sent people, and hurriedly took them out to meet him.

He didn't have the slightest doubt.

There is no other reason. In the past two months, the above has sent people quite frequently, and they will come to check every half a month.

Rigude was just a low-level military officer, and he didn't dare to ask why the inspections from above became so frequent. As long as the above sent someone, he would immediately greet him.

On the contrary, the Xixia soldiers in Mizhizhai privately commented that the higher-ups may have a large-scale military incident. As for whether it is true, how can the people here know?

For Xixia, Mizhi Village itself is only a small village in the southernmost part of Yinzhou, but it is extremely important because it is the front-line beacon tower.

As soon as Song Jun's movement is discovered, Mizhi Village will immediately light up the beacon.

The air in the northwest is dry. Once the beacon smoke is lit in Mizhizhai, you will definitely be able to see it in Yinzhou City dozens of miles away.

Mizhi Village is still eighty miles away from Yinzhou. If the Song army captures Mizhi and wants to attack Yinzhou, it will need to march for two days.

If the mizhizhai beacon fires together, within two days, the Xixia defenders in Yinzhou will be fully armed and ready, and even lay an ambush in the mountains and rivers of Yinzhou, waiting for work.

Therefore, how to win Mizhizhai is related to the battle against Yinzhou, which is the key of the key.

That day, Gude walked quickly, and ordered: "Notify, let everyone cheer up, don't be lazy, if you are caught, I will kill him!"

"Yes!"

Rigude came out with some people. These people were all dressed in coarse linen and unkempt. Those who didn't know thought they were beggars outside Chang'an City.

In fact, Xixia's irregular army doesn't even have soft armor. At most, each person has a bow and a knife in his hand.

It is almost impossible to identify by clothing.

Rigude greeted Yu Ling with a smile on his face: "Shangguan is here, and he is far away to welcome you, please come in, please come in!"

As soon as he spoke, he showed his black and yellow teeth, and an unpleasant breath came to his face.

Yu Ling, however, had an arrogant expression on his face: "Haven't you found Song Dog's whereabouts recently?"

"Don't worry, Shangguan, everyone is watching!"